Good Answers Are Technically Correct
A good answer covers the question. It's structured, relevant, and doesn't go off the rails. It checks the box. And it's completely forgettable. Because 'technically correct' is the floor, not the ceiling.
Great Answers Tell a Story
Great answers make the interviewer feel something — curiosity, recognition, respect. They do that through specificity. Instead of 'I'm good at managing competing priorities,' a great answer says 'Here's the specific moment when three things were on fire at once and here's exactly what I did.'
The Moment You Know It Landed
You'll know a great answer landed when the interviewer stops typing and just looks at you. When they say 'that's a great example' and actually mean it. When they follow up with a question that goes deeper instead of moving on to the next bullet.
How to Get There
Build your Brag Bank. Know your stories before you walk in. Then let them come out naturally instead of reciting them. The story is already great — your job is just to tell it like yourself.
The Less Prep, More Pep: The Workbook walks you through exactly how to develop stories that land — with exercises you can complete before your next interview.